1. [n]  a person who participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
2. [n]  someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
3. [adj]  following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"

ATTENDANT is a 9 letter word that starts with A.

1. \At*tend"ant\, a. [F. attendant, p. pr. of attendre.
   See {Attend}, v. t.]
   1. Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
            From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
            Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord.
                                                  --Milton.
   2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as
      consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its
      attendant evils.
            The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation
            added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
   3. (Law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the
      widow attendant to the heir. --Cowell.
   {Attendant keys} (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly
      related to, or having most in common with, the principal
      key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its
      fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its
      relative minor or major.
   

2. \At*tend"ant\, n.
   1. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever,
      as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. ``A
      train of attendants.'' --Hallam.
   2. One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as,
      an attendant at a meeting.
   3. That which accompanies; a concomitant.
            [A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits.
                                                  --Pope.
   4. (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on,
      another. --Cowell.